BLACKROCK EMERGING Share Discussion Threads

[bj444] 01/8/2001 23:28

Same here, nowt yesterday. They say it was due to that Nasty Worm on the Web.
It seems SMSs are given lowish priority; dont know why, cos they are only tiny data packets - compared to graphics and music.

[8 ball] 01/8/2001 23:21

Still not 100% reliable, all my alerts failed yesterday.
But for a free service very good.

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[bj444] 01/8/2001 22:40

See the new website !! Its VERY much improved.



The suggestions I've made over many months are all there ! I've had no rewards at all, just the satisfaction of having contributed to this great site.

And it's STILL FREE !! They hope to keep it this way, with little adverts paying for it.

[cassiopeia] 20/6/2001 21:56

New share alert sytem due to be introduced from FTmobile



They are trying to flog mobiles as well if you look fyrther up the URL

[bj444] 08/6/2001 22:29

Genuine developments are happening at MyShareAlert.com - the messages sometimes come as emails (reason not clear yet).
Also longer messages. And more detailed info on the activity page.

Any comments about the changes ?
I find it needs more tedious button pushing (crucial price is now gone off bottom). This probably depends on the phone you have, size of screen etc.

Comments very welcome, it's all part of the testing process.

[bj444] 31/5/2001 17:35

Maybe.... but then the fault could be at One2One who do the hardware stuff I understand.

Today has been beeping away fine, but sadly now everyone has eaten away the VOD cake and the TSCO cake - while I've been worrying about no alerts. Result - no profits for May. Dammit .

[8 ball] 31/5/2001 12:27

Bit like virgin trains ?????????????????????
ALWAYS late.

[bj444] 30/5/2001 21:07

In fact, today has been a "bumper day" for alerts at MSA !

It seems MSA alerts are working very well, though it does depend on your network too, and the Virgin network has let me down a bit.

[bj444] 30/5/2001 14:38

8 ball - glad youre getting success.

[bj444] 30/5/2001 14:35

All my missing alerts came just after midnight. 12 of them !! Time sent by Lycos was sensible, so MSA is not guilty; Some kind of holdup at Virgin I suppose. If this goes on I will need another network.

Today seems much better.

[8 ball] 29/5/2001 23:28

Time of alerts was good for me today.

9.39 claims direct from 16.75 to 16.0
9.59 claims direct from 15.5 to 15.0
16.23 marconi up to 4.00

check these yourself.

Is comdirect sms ?

[bj444] 29/5/2001 22:55

8 ball - Excellent news, hopefully the free alerts will stay free - that agrees with what I've heard. They also hope other sites will incorporate MSA seamlessly into their own site. (See their small footnote on 'partners'). So we might even see MSA being part of ADVFN !! Just wild speculation.

[cassiopeia] 29/5/2001 22:52

How about the suggestion that alerts are sent out on time? Sorry!

I haven't used the comdirect one yet, I may use it for index alerts which is one facility the other alerts haven't got (or in ADVFNs case got working properly). I am reasonably sure Comdirect alerts are free although you need to register.

[8 ball] 29/5/2001 22:42

I contacted mysharealert.com and they hope the service will continue to be free.
They hope to make money from adverts on alerts, and the web site.
They also welcome any sugestions to improve the service.

[bj444] 29/5/2001 22:33

If anybody's tried www.focus.comdirect, let us know; is it free ? Does it work well ?

[cassiopeia] 29/5/2001 18:16

Sounds even more complicated than Email to sms conversion, I thought that was the whole point of SMS direct and simple!

Comdirect also provide alerts if anyone is interested, don't think you have to be a client although that might not be a bad idea.



Nothing ventured is another

https://www.nothing-ventured.com/

[bj444] 29/5/2001 16:08

Now I'm getting alerts from this morning. About 4 hours late. "Time sent" from Lycos is 4 hours ago.

Messages go MSA---Lycos---Virgin---One2One--- My Nokia.

and the holdup is somewhere between Lycos and my Nokia.

Seems ridiculously complicated, but it worked well for several days.

[bj444] 29/5/2001 15:28

TODAY, MSA ALERTS WORKED AGAIN ! until 11 am anyway. Since 11 am , Virgin or Lycos is letting me down.

[bj444] 28/5/2001 22:40

Hi Paul ! MSA Alerts are still FREE ! For details see the Tulip thread:


(I gave up printing, the "clever" Epson chip-on-a-cartridge-to-prevent-refilling business really annoyed me. The salespeople should warn us about these things ! But I think prices will come down, like discs did).

[paul augustus] 28/5/2001 22:12

hi Brian, long time no speak! Hows things? Is mysharealert.com charging for sms alerts yet, if so how much? (Any luck sourcing your printer cartridges by the way?)

[bj444] 28/5/2001 22:04

Test message from MSA :

Usual system - via Virgin to my Nokia (Always been good), test now fails.
Tried a test via BT Cellnet to Trium - worked.

I will contact Virgin if things are still failing tomorrow. The Nokia is nicer to use. Life is getting dead complicated, cos I can easily switch my Nokia over to One2One (by changing a wee chip) ... and do more tests.... then try Orange or Vodafone....

Dammit, no.... I like being on my Virgin Nokia.